Funny, They Don't Look Jewish!

Episode 23 - Metropolis Mishpocha!

Episode Summary

Welcome to funny, they don’t look Jewish! where Judaism appears in the panels. Our purpose is to find characters, stories and issues of comics that explore explicitly Jewish content. Join us on a trip to Sweet Home Chicago and the Big Apricot, Metropolis for an adventure with Supergirl and Shabbat dinner with Superman!

Episode Notes

Join us on a trip to Sweet Home Chicago and the Big Apricot, Metropolis for an adventure with Supergirl and Shabbat dinner with Superman!

This is a SUPER exciting episode for us. Henry FINALLY gets to discuss his true loves, Superman and Supergirl with Brandon. 

Comics covered:

Mrs. Berkowitz and Blackstarr

Supergirl (Vol. 2) #13, November 1983

• “Echoes of Times Gone By”
  • Written by Paul Kupperberg
  • Penciled by Carmine Infantino
  • Inked by Bob Oksner
  • Colored by Tim Ziuko
  • Lettered by Ben Oda
  • Edited by Julius Schwartz

Supergirl (Vol. 2) #14, December 1983

• “Star Light, Star Bright… Blackstarr Rises Tonight”
  • Same creative team
  • Written by Paul Kupperberg
  • Penciled by Carmine Infantino
  • Inked by Bob Oksner
  • Colored by Tim Ziuko
  • Lettered by Ben Oda
  • Edited by Julius Schwartz

Supergirl (Vol. 2) #15, January 1984

• “Starfall”
  • Written by Paul Kupperberg
  • Penciled by Carmine Infantino
  • Inked by Bob Oksner
  • Colored by Tim Ziuko
  • Lettered by Andy Kubert
  • Edited by Julius Schwartz

Josef Schuman

First Appearance - Action Comics #831, page 9, page 13

 Action Comics (Vol. 1) #833, November 2005

• “Depths”
  • Written by Gail Simone
  • Penciled by John Byrne
  • Inked by Nelson, Norm Rapmund, Lary Stucker 
  • Colored by Guy Major
  • Lettered by Rob Leigh
  • Edited by Eddie Berganza

Action Comics (Vol. 1) #835, January 2006

• “A Contagion of Madness”
  • Written by Gail Simone
  • Penciled by John Byrne
  • Inked by Nelson (DeCastro) 
  • Colored by Guy Major
  • Lettered by Phil Balsman
  • Edited by Eddie Berganza

Perry White refers to Shabbat Dinner:

SUPERMAN: LEVIATHAN RISING SPECIAL #1

• “Superman: Leviathan Rising”
• Written by
  • Brian Michael Bendis
  • Greg Rucka
  • Matt Fraction
  • Marc Andreyko
• Penciled and Inked by
  • Yanick Paquette

Superman in the Warsaw Ghetto:

Superman (Vol. 2) #54, April 1991

• “Time and Time Again (Part 3 of 7): The Warsaw Ghetto”
  • Written by Jerry Ordway
  • Penciled by Jerry Ordway
  • Inked by Dennis Janke 
  • Colored by Glenn Whitmore
  • Lettered by John Costanza
  • Edited by Mike Carlin and Dan Thorsland